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Playground Playdate — blue

The 2008 listing placed this fabric in two overlapping routes: children, and retro > 40's & 50's. It described the design as out of print and available only in limited quantity at that time. The specification block identified cotton content, width, keywords, and the catalog code.

What survives from the listing

The title establishes the blue colorway. The product block states cotton content, a 44–45-inch width, and a group of keywords describing children, play, toys, a fifties association, and retro style. The motif-size field was present but blank. The blank field does not support an inferred measurement.

The two category routes show how the old catalog used subject and period together. A print with playground imagery could be reached as children's fabric or as a fifties-inspired novelty. That does not prove the textile was manufactured in the 1950s; the safer reading is that its imagery or graphic language was cataloged as retro.

Visual details

The keywords identify a playground subject, children, toys, and a fifties or retro association. Ground color, drawing style, motif count, and orientation remain unspecified.

The blank motif-size field is meaningful because it separates an unreported measurement from a measurement of zero. Width describes the cloth across the bolt, not the size or spacing of the playground figures. The PLGPLDB code identifies the entry without adding visual detail.

Read together, the title and keywords suggest a blue conversational print organized around play. They do not specify the number of children or toys, the direction of the scene, the repeat layout, or the balance between figures and ground.

This page is child-adjacent because of its subject, so it must remain free of child-directed commercial placements. For broader context, see the 40's & 50's fabric category or the Goldfish novelty record.